economic reforms

China, the most populous country in the world, has had high economic growth during the past two decades. While economic reforms in China have received a great deal of attention, researchers have paid far less attention to the effects of population policies. In this dissertation, I discuss the One-Child policy in China and its impact on human capital accumulation. I examine the impact of family size on parental health outcomes by exploiting the exogenous change in family size under the ...

To investigate what kind of innovative ways developing countries can finance telecommunication and on the basis of that also investigate if there is a connection between financing telecommunication and poverty reduction. Method:A qualitative study by using interview, questionnaire survey and a theoretical background. We have investigated what innovative ways of financing telecommunication that exist, but also to see if financing telecommunication could reduce poverty, which suits our purpose. Result:The most innovative way a country or company can finance telecommunication is finding the ...

Tanzania is one of the world’s poorest countries. But it has a lot to offer and in recent years both tourists and companies have realised this. This thesis focuses on the companies and takes a closer look at the growth performance and the inflow of Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) to Tanzania. By presenting a case on the cement industry in Tanzania the thesis also provide some insight in the mechanisms of FDI on a more practical level. The findings conclude ...

Economic reforms along with its promise of increasing income and growth rates have also raised concerns about its distributional implications. These concerns are at the heart of the arguments of those who oppose certain economic reforms. Focusing on the economic reforms implemented in India, we investigate the distributional implications of the reforms using four waves of nationally representative household survey data over the period 1983 to 2000. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the economic policies in India, including a ...

India initiated economic reforms as an aftermath of a serious foreign exchange crisis. The number and the pace of reforms have been increasing ever since. The scope of external liberalization has increased many-fold in several fields, with difficult withdrawl conditions under WTO agreements. Despite all these efforts, the Balance of Trade continues to be adverse, and so is the case with balance in the current account, if the private transfers were not supporting the same. Even then the Balance of ...

India started opening its economy a decade ago to integrate with global economy. Several economic reforms have been undertaken during this period with the hope that India will soon merge as a global player. There is a need to review the developments and take necessary corrective action. It is necessary because globalisation and integration with the world economy is a double-edged sword. If necessary care is not taken the country may become only a global market rather than emerging as ...